Lepidium

taxobox
name = "Lepidium"



image_caption = "Lepidium flavum" in Mojave Desert
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Brassicaceae
genus = "Lepidium"
genus_authority = L.|

"Lepidium", commonly known as the peppergrasses or pepperworts, is a genus of plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed.

Species

* "Lepidium africanum"
* "Lepidium amelum"
* "Lepidium biplicatum"
* "Lepidium bonariense" - Peppercress
* "Lepidium campestre" - Field Pepperwort or Field Cress
* "Lepidium catapycnon"
* "Lepidium densiflorum" - Common Pepperweed
* "Lepidium desvauxii" - Bushy Peppercress
* "Lepidium didymum"
* "Lepidium draba" - Hoary Cress
* "Lepidium drummondii"
* "Lepidium echinatum"
* "Lepidium ecuadoriense"
* "Lepidium englerianum"
* "Lepidium fasciculatum" - Bundled Peppercress
* "Lepidium flavum"
* "Lepidium flexicaule"
* "Lepidium foliosum" - Leafy Peppercress
* "Lepidium fremontii" - Desert Pepperweed
* "Lepidium genistoides"
* "Lepidium ginninderrense"
* "Lepidium graminifolium"
* "Lepidium howei-insulae"
* "Lepidium hypenantion"
* "Lepidium hyssopifolium"
* "Lepidium heterophyllum" - Smith's Pepperwort
* "Lepidium jaredii" - Jared's Pepperweed
* "Lepidium latifolium" - Pepperweed or Dittander
* "Lepidium latipes"
* "Lepidium lyratogynum"
* "Lepidium merrallii"
* "Lepidium meyenii" - Maca
* "Lepidium monoplocoides" - Winged Peppercress
* "Lepidium montanum" - Western Pepperweed, Mountain Pepperweed
* "Lepidium nitidum" - Shining Pepperweed
* "Lepidium oxycarpum" - Forked Pepperweed
* "Lepidium oxytrichum"
* "Lepidium papillosum" - Warty Peppercress
* "Lepidium pedicellosum"
* "Lepidium peregrinum"
* "Lepidium perfoliatum"
* "Lepidium phlebopetalum"
* "Lepidium pholidogynum"
* "Lepidium platypetalum" - Slender Peppercress
* "Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium"
* "Lepidium pseudoruderale"
* "Lepidium pseudotasmanicum"
* "Lepidium puberulum"
* "Lepidium quitense"
* "Lepidium rotundum" - Veined Peppercress
* "Lepidium ruderale" - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort
* "Lepidium oleraceum" - Cook's Scurvy grass (near extinct)
* "Lepidium sagittulatum"
* "Lepidium scandens"
* "Lepidium squamatum"
* "Lepidium strictum"
* "Lepidium sativum" - Garden Cress
* "Lepidium thurberi" - Thurber's Peppergrass or Thurber's Pepperweed
* "Lepidium virginicum" - Virginian Peppercress
* "Lepidium xylodes"

References

* ISBN 0-89672-614-2
*cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=LEPIDIUM|title="Lepidium" |accessdate=2009-02-30|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra

External links

*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP32.pdf| title = Inland "Lepidium" recovery plan 2000-2010| year = 2000| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-10-04
*cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp26.pdf| title = Coastal Cresses (Nau) Recovery Plan| author = D.A. Norton; P.J. de Lange| year = 1999| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-19-04


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  • Lepidium Cadamines — Spaish Spa"ish, a. Of or pertaiig to Spai or the Spaiards. [1913 Webster] {Spaish bayoet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plat ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spie-tipped leaves. The ame is also applied to other similar plats of the… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
  • Lepidium campestre — Yellowseed Yel"low seed`, n. (Bot.) A kind of pepper grass ({Lepidium campestre}). [1913 Webster]…
  • Lepidium latifolium — Dittander Dit tan"der, n. [See {Dittany}.] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass ({Lepidium latifolium}). [1913 Webster]…
  • Lepidium ruderale — Mustard Mus"tard, . [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by beig mixed with must. See {Must}, .] 1. (Bot.) The ame of several cruciferous plats of the geus {Brassica} (formerly {Siapis}), as…
  • Lepidium sativum — Peppergrass Pep"per grass`, . (Bot.) (a) Ay herb of the cruciferous geus {Lepidium}, especially the garde peppergrass, or garde cress, {Lepidium sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species have a puget flavor. (b) The commo…
  • Lepidium sativum — Cress Cress (kr[e^]s), .; pl. {Cresses} (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; aki to D. kers, G. kresse, Da. karse, Sw. krasse, ad possibly also to OHG. chresa to creep.] (Bot.) A plat of various species,…
  • lepidium — ī n. (греч.) бот.кресс-салат (Lepidium sativum, L) Col, PM, Scr… (Латинско-русский словарь)